Psychopathological and peripheral levels of neurobiological correlates of obsessive–compulsive symptoms in patients with epilepsy: A hospital-based study

Background: To find out and compare the obsessive-compulsive symptoms / disorder among patients of primary generalized and partial onset epilepsy.Methods: Patients with epilepsy diagnosed clinically at psychiatric out patient’s department were selected for the study and categorized as primary generalized onset tonic clonic seizure type and partial onset seizure. Yale-Brown obsessive-compulsive symptoms check list and scale was applied to find out the obsessive-compulsive symptoms.Results: A total of 110 patients were categorized as primary generalized (GE) 49 and partial onset epilepsy (PE) 61 patients. Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms (OCS) were found to be 19.9%, and OCD among 3.63%. Mean Y-BOCS scores for obsession were found to be 3.77±1.93 and 4.93±2.03, (t = -3.034, df= 108, p= .003). Whereas the mean Y-BOCS compulsions score was 2.93±1.96 and 4.62±1.87 was (t = -4.590, df= 108, p= .000) for GE and PE group respectively.Conclusions: OCD and OCS among the epilepsy patients were found to be 3.63%, and 19.9% respectively, and significantly higher mean obsessive and compulsive score were found for the group of partial onset epilepsy.

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Differences in obsessive–compulsive symptom dimensions between patients with epilepsy with obsessive–compulsive symptoms and patients with OCD

Epilepsy & Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.106640 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 102 ◽

pp. 106640

Author(s):

Esin Evren Kilicaslan ◽

H.Sabiha Türe ◽

Meltem İzci Kasal ◽

Nebile Nur Çavuş ◽

Dilek Altın Akyüz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Symptom Dimensions ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms ◽

Compulsive Symptom ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Symptom ◽

Patients With Epilepsy

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Features of the psychopathological condition of patients with epilepsy and depression in an interictal period

Ukrains'kyi Visnyk Psykhonevrolohii ◽

10.36927/2079-0325-v27-is2-2019-13 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (2 (99)) ◽

pp. 59-62

Author(s):

Volodymyr Kharytonov

Keyword(s):

Endogenous Depression ◽

Structural Features ◽

Interpersonal Interaction ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Key Words Epilepsy ◽

Psychosomatic Symptoms ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms ◽

Comparative Aspect ◽

Patients With Epilepsy ◽

Comprehensive Study

The paper presents the results of a comprehensive study of the characteristics of the psychopathological state of patients with epilepsy and depressions of various genesis (organic, psychogenic and endogenous) in the interi ctal period. Were investigated the severity and structure of psychopathological manifestations, as well as separately the level and structure of anxiety in patients with epilepsy depending on the form of depression in a comparative aspect with patients with epilepsy without signs of depression. According to the selected forms of depression, are analyzed the severity and structural features of depressive symptoms. Was established that patients with depressions are characterized by more pronounced and diverse psychopathological manifestations, in the structure of which, apart from depressive manifestations, anxious and psychosomatic symptoms are formed (with organic and psychogenic depressions); as well as asthenic manifestations, a decrease in the level of interpersonal interaction and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (with endogenous depressions). Is determined the highest level of psychopathological distress in patients with epilepsy with endogenous depressions. Key words: epilepsy, organic depression, psychogenic depression, endogenous depression, interictal period, psychopathological condition, anxiety, depressive manifestations.

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